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TERAPH

\tˈɛɹəf], \tˈɛɹəf], \t_ˈɛ_ɹ_ə_f]\

Definitions of TERAPH

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English

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See Teraphim.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

See Teraphim.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Among the anc. Jews, tutelary household gods by whose worship families expected to be rewarded with domestic prosperity; also supposed to have been types of the ark in the form of crescents.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

(bibl.; only in pl. -im, used as sing, or collective sing.). Small image (s) as domestic oracle of ancient Hebrews.

1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
By Sir Augustus Henry

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